PM Chapter 4 - Project Integration Management Flashcards
Includes the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Process Groups to ensure consistency with the project management plan and product deliverables
Project Integration Management
- 1 Develop Project Charter
- 2 Develop Project Management Plan
- 3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
- 4 Monitor and Control Project Work
- 5 Perform Integrated Change Control
- 6 Close Project and Project Phase
Project Integration Management Processes
The process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and documenting initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholder’s needs and expectations
Develop Project Charter
- Establishes a partnership between the performing organization and the requesting organization
- Authorizes the project by someone external to the project such as a sponsor, PMO, or portfolio steering committee.
- Links the project to the strategy and ongoing work of the organization
Purpose of Define Project Charter
- Project Statement of Work
- Business Case
- Contract
- Enterprise Environmental Factors
- Organizational Process Assets
Inputs to Define Project Charter
• Expert Judgement
Tools and Techniques for Define Project Charter
• Project Charter
Outputs of Define Project Charter
A narrative description of products or services to be delivered by the project
Statement of Work
- Business need
- Product scope description
- Strategic plan
Statement of Work (SOW) References
- Market demand *
- Organizational need
- Customer request
- Technological advance *
- Legal requirement *
- Government regulation *
- Ecological impacts
- Social need
Business Needs
Documents the characteristics of the product that the project will be undertaken to create. The description should also document the relationship between the products or services being created and the business need that the project will address
Product scope description
Documents the organization’s strategic goals
Strategic Plan
Provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the required investment. Typically the business need and the cost-benefit analysis are contained in the business case
Business Case
An input if the project is being done for an external customer
Contract
- Governmental or industry standards
- Organizational infrastructure
- Marketplace conditions
Define Project Charter Entperise Environmental Factors
- Organizational standard processes, policies, and standardized process definitions for use in the organization
- Template
- Historical information and lessons learned knowledge base
Define Project Charter Organizational Process Assets
- Other units within the organization
- Consultants
- Stakeholders, including customers or sponsors
- Professional and technical associations
- Industry groups
- Subject matter experts
- PMO
Define Project Charter Expert Judgement Sources
Documents the business needs, current understanding of the customer’s needs, and the new product, service, or result that it is intended to satisfy
Project Charter
Project purpose or justification
• Measurable project objectives and related success criteria
• High level requirements
• High level project description
• High level risks
• Summary milestone schedule
• Summary budget
• Project approval requirements (what constitutes project success, who decides the project is successful, and who signs off on the project)
• Assigned project manager, responsibility, and authority level
• Name and authority of the sponsor or other person authorizing the project charter
Components of the Project Charter
The process of documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all subsidiary plans
Develop Project Management Plan
- Understand what kind of change is requested and talk with team members to assess the implication of the change.
- Open up a change control if there is a formal change control mechanism.
- Communicate the change to the management, and inform the customer about the impact of the change (e.g. increase in sizing, schedule, etc.)
- Implement the change if it is accepted.
Any time the customer requests for a change, you should:
The aggregation of the processes, tools, techniques, methodologies, resources, and procedures to manage a project
Project Management System
Closing Process Group
Process Group for Close Project or Phase
Process Group for Close Project or Phase
Process Group for Perform Integrated Change Control
Executing Process Group
Process Group for Direct and Manage Project Execution
